- Date
- January 28, 1977
- Place
- Seattle, WA · SEATTLE, WA
- Injuries
- 74 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N316ASBoeing 727
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 152437
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0001 77/1/28 SEATTLE,WA BOEING 727 CR- 0 0 8 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 2223 N316AS PX- 0 0 66 46, 18602 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 4448 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - SEATTLE-TACOMA OPERATOR - ALASKA AIRLINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION JUNEAU,AK SEATTLE,WA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION DRAGGED WINGTIP,POD,OR FLOAT LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - LOW CEILING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - NOT ALIGNED WITH RUNWAY/INTENDED LANDING AREA WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST 100 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND FOG CALM TEMPERATURE-F WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 36 CALM TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR IFR
Aircraft
- Registration
- N316AS
- Reported as
- Boeing 727
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Seattle-Tacoma